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The Design Council Archive stored at the University of Brighton's Design History Research Centre documents the history of the Design Council from our foundation under the Board of Trade in 1944 as the Council of Industrial Design, through our reshaping as the Design Council in 1972 up until our re launch in 1994.

The Archive consists of over 100,000 photographs, internal and external publications, records of meetings of the Design Council and policy discussions, details of exhibitions, films, videos, posters and correspondence with government, industry and outside agencies. It is an invaluable record of the Design Council's achievements, an insight into the formulation of government policy and practice relating to the design of British goods, design education policy and the impact of design on everyday life since 1944. The archive was relocated from the Design Council to the Design History Research Centre at the University of Brighton in 1994.

Enquiries to: Catherine Moriarty, Curator
University of Brighton
68 Grand Parade
Brighton
BN2 2JY
Phone: 01273 643219
Fax: 01273 643 128
URL: http://www.bton.ac.uk/descoarchive/

Slide Collection
Design Council Slide Library
This has been transferred to Manchester Metropolitan University. The collection forms a detailed visual record of British design from the early 1950s to 1990, as well as including foreign and historical material.

Enquiries to: John Davis, Curator
Manchester Metropolitan University
Righton Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BG
Phone: 0161 247 1943
Email: j.davis@mmu.ac.uk

Our website contains a brief history of the Design Council set against world events and new design phenomena.